- Songs stuck in my head today "for you are good" and "I've got a river of life flowing out of me"
- wearing a favorite wool sweater, purchased by my dad in Ireland 30 years ago, with cute jeans and boots
- "Thank Jesus for Arianism"
- Laughing with a friend about the ridiculousity of an email (even though I'm pretty sure the intent wasn't to be ridiculous)
- laughing again about the dangers of earrings
- humorous relief on a very challenging day
- finishing an excellent novel
- Five Guys Fries
- humorous blog comments from friends
- writing the daily 5 with the peanut gallery again
Friday, March 04, 2011
Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 200
Today's Daily 5:
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 199
Today's Daily 5:
- A whole day with one of my "persons"
- Experiencing high tea at the Banff Springs Hotel
- Taking photo after photo
- So much laughter
- Being in the hot springs while it snowed (which is pretty much the perfect way to experience the hot springs)
- finding time to talk about all the stuff that is never quite important enough for the limited time that a skype call offers
- knowing each other well, things like "oh, don't share the story about needles while she's driving, she faints at needles" and catching myself and then laughing together over knowing those little things
- sugar rushes and sparkling wine
- Being in a really beautiful locale with one of my favorite people on the planet, who appreciates it at least as much as I do
- a day full of much love and laughter
My Person(s)
This scene from one of the first season's of Grey's Anatomy is sort of a classic:
"You're my person." It's that moment when the friendship was cemented into family. Into the sort of thing where this is the person with whom you are most yourself.
Recently, as I was fumbling for words to describe a friendship to someone else, she, hearing my description, summed it up, "She's your person." I had to laugh at this blatant reference to what she didn't even know was my favorite television show. It was the perfect summation.
I have two persons. Two people with whom I feel totally free to simply be. The ones I know I can trust and lean on in the hard times, and the ones who I know will be the first to celebrate with me when the great times come. They're the ones I email or text when I've had a great steak dinner, or come across something random that made me think of a moment we shared. They're the ones I email with prayer requests, or funny quotes, or anything in between. We talk about television shows, our families, about life and faith and travel and books. And, since neither one lives in the same country as me (and one not even usually on the same continent as me), they're the ones I hang out with via Skype and phone calls.
Except today. Today I am spending the day in the mountains with one of my people. She's in town for a brief visit, and I commandeered her for an entire day. We have some fabulous plans that I'll share later on in the day or maybe tomorrow. Basically we're just going to enjoy spending an entire day in each others company.
In this case, since it is the person who is generally on a different continent, half-way around the world, I'm keenly aware that it will likely be several years before we get to see each other in person again, so my plan is simply to savor the moments. To make some really fabulous memories doing a few new things, and some we've done often. To take photos and laugh. To talk about the important stuff that just hasn't quite fit into our phone calls or skype dates. To just be.
I'm so incredibly thankful for this chance to escape Calgary and spend some in person time with "my person". And I can't wait to see what sorts of fun adventures and blessings our time together will hold!
"You're my person." It's that moment when the friendship was cemented into family. Into the sort of thing where this is the person with whom you are most yourself.
Recently, as I was fumbling for words to describe a friendship to someone else, she, hearing my description, summed it up, "She's your person." I had to laugh at this blatant reference to what she didn't even know was my favorite television show. It was the perfect summation.
I have two persons. Two people with whom I feel totally free to simply be. The ones I know I can trust and lean on in the hard times, and the ones who I know will be the first to celebrate with me when the great times come. They're the ones I email or text when I've had a great steak dinner, or come across something random that made me think of a moment we shared. They're the ones I email with prayer requests, or funny quotes, or anything in between. We talk about television shows, our families, about life and faith and travel and books. And, since neither one lives in the same country as me (and one not even usually on the same continent as me), they're the ones I hang out with via Skype and phone calls.
Except today. Today I am spending the day in the mountains with one of my people. She's in town for a brief visit, and I commandeered her for an entire day. We have some fabulous plans that I'll share later on in the day or maybe tomorrow. Basically we're just going to enjoy spending an entire day in each others company.
In this case, since it is the person who is generally on a different continent, half-way around the world, I'm keenly aware that it will likely be several years before we get to see each other in person again, so my plan is simply to savor the moments. To make some really fabulous memories doing a few new things, and some we've done often. To take photos and laugh. To talk about the important stuff that just hasn't quite fit into our phone calls or skype dates. To just be.
I'm so incredibly thankful for this chance to escape Calgary and spend some in person time with "my person". And I can't wait to see what sorts of fun adventures and blessings our time together will hold!
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 198
Today's Daily 5:
- Getting my email inbox (however briefly!) down to 0 unread message
- managing to move a usually very hard to reschedule appointment with great ease
- fighting back (and knowing others were praying) in the moments when fear threatened to overwhelm me today
- studying for midterms while taking a bubble bath
- getting a couple of necessary and nagging errands accomplished
- a great yoga class, and laughing and chatting before/after class with the girl on the mat next to mine
- subway for supper
- the comfy bed I sleep in when I stay at mom and dad's
- clean drinking water
- M & M cookies
New Month
It's March. The second day of March. How did it already get to be March?
I've been home from my vacation for several days, and I find I'm struggling to find words for this space, beyond the nightly Daily 5 posts.
That happens almost every time I go away.
I come back and find that silence has spread from an imposition of timing to a general silence of thoughts made for public space.
It seems that creating space for silence somehow imposes it more broadly.
And, honestly, this week is busy, and creating the time to write this week has been a bit challenging too.
It's a full, full week that is kicking off this new month.
A week with appointments, a couple of midterm exams, and a whole day scheduled out of town with a very dear friend who is rarely on the same continent as me.
Once I hit the weekend, I'm committed to getting back into the swing of blogging. To getting some posts written and scheduled to go live.
Until then, though, it'll probably still be quiet around here (unless, of course, inspiration strikes!)
I've been home from my vacation for several days, and I find I'm struggling to find words for this space, beyond the nightly Daily 5 posts.
That happens almost every time I go away.
I come back and find that silence has spread from an imposition of timing to a general silence of thoughts made for public space.
It seems that creating space for silence somehow imposes it more broadly.
And, honestly, this week is busy, and creating the time to write this week has been a bit challenging too.
It's a full, full week that is kicking off this new month.
A week with appointments, a couple of midterm exams, and a whole day scheduled out of town with a very dear friend who is rarely on the same continent as me.
Once I hit the weekend, I'm committed to getting back into the swing of blogging. To getting some posts written and scheduled to go live.
Until then, though, it'll probably still be quiet around here (unless, of course, inspiration strikes!)
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